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·August 5, 2010·1 min read

Animal Emotions in Scope of Research

Researchers look deeper into animal emotions for clues about decision making. New approaches in the study of animal behavior allow researchers to study the effects of optimistic and pessimistic moods on animal behavior.

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·December 18, 2019·4 min read

Dogs process numerical quantities in similar brain region as humans

fMRI neuroimaging reveals the parietotemporal cortex of dogs responds to numeric concepts. The study provides evidence that numerosity is a shared evolutionary neural mechanism.

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·November 25, 2017·4 min read

Smiling Human Faces Are Attractive to Dogs, Thanks to Oxytocin

A new study reveals oxytocin, a hormone implicated in bonding, may play an important role in social interactions between man and dog.

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·June 21, 2018·3 min read

How do Horses Read Human Emotional Cues?

Whether a person is familiar to the animal or not, horses integrate human facial expressions and vocal tones to perceive human emotion, a new study reports.

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·May 27, 2016·2 min read

Sharks Have Individual Personalities

Much like people, sharks of the same species have different personalities, a new study reports.

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·September 10, 2021·4 min read

Personality Matters, Even for Squirrels

Squirrels have four main personality traits, researchers report. Understanding how an animal's personality influences use of space may be important for wildlife conservation.

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·April 17, 2017·3 min read

First Dancing, Then Mating in Songbirds

A new study reveals that dancing, not signing, is the primary sexual signal for Java sparrows.

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·July 30, 2021·5 min read

Why Animals Recognize Numbers but Only Humans Can Do Math

While the response to numbers may be an evolutionary trait we share with some animals, our ability to perceive language and digits underpins our advanced mathematical skills.